New York City · La Fête du Champagne
New York City Grand Tasting
One of the weekend’s must-attend events, La Fête’s Grand Tasting will offer guests a selection of wines from each participating producer, totaling over 100 different Champagnes, accompanied by a selection of small plates from notable restaurants and purveyors. This is an unparalleled opportunity to meet the dozens of attending winemakers from Champagne’s top houses and grower estates, whose presence in one location is an extraordinary event and essentially unique to La Fête.
A large-format Champagne tasting
New York City Grand Tasting is organized by La Fête du Champagne in New York City. The program brings together wines from each participating producer, totaling over 100 different Champagnes, with a selection of small plates from notable restaurants and purveyors served alongside the pours.
What the tasting features
Published wine examples include Bérêche & Fils Brut Réserve NV and Le Cran Grand Cru 2018, A. Bergère Solera NV and Les Peignottes 2019, Billecart-Salmon Le Blanc de Blancs and Louis Salmon 2013, and Bollinger Special Cuvée NV and La Grande Année 2018. The program also names still wines such as Blancs Doyard, Vertus Blanc Larmandier-Bernier, JM Sélèque Ludes 1er Cru 2023, and several rouge Coteaux Champenois entries, with exact wines and vintages subject to change.
Guests can meet dozens of attending winemakers from Champagne’s top houses and grower estates gathered in one location. Named participants include Raphaël Bérêche, Rodolphe Péters, Adrien Bergère, Aurélien Gerbais, Jean-Marc Sélèque, Frédéric Savart, Mélanie Tarlant, Éric Rodez, Olivier Krug, and Hervé Dantan.
Venue and planning details
The venue is Pier Sixty at Pier 60, Chelsea Piers, New York, NY 10011. The published price is $475 plus tax, and the Eventbrite page notes that ticket prices displayed there include all fees and added taxes.
Frequently asked questions
What is being poured at the tasting?
The tasting features wines from each participating producer, totaling over 100 different Champagnes. Published examples include Bérêche & Fils Brut Réserve NV, A. Bergère Solera NV, Billecart-Salmon Le Blanc de Blancs, and Bollinger La Grande Année 2018, with exact wines and vintages subject to change.
Is food part of the program?
Yes. The tasting includes a selection of small plates from notable restaurants and purveyors.
Which Champagne producers are named?
Named producers and estates include Bérêche et Fils, A. Bergère, Billecart-Salmon, Bollinger, Pol Roger, Krug, Larmandier-Bernier, Chartogne-Taillet, and Moët & Chandon.
Where does it take place?
The event takes place at Pier Sixty, Pier 60, Chelsea Piers, New York, NY 10011.
Hosts & guests
Raphaël Bérêche
Winemaker · Bérêche et Fils
Adrien Bergère
Winemaker · Champagne A. Bergère
Mathieu Roland-Billecart
CEO · Billecart-Salmon
Cyril Delarue
Global Sales Director · Bollinger
Rita Jammet
Co-owner · La Caravelle Champagne
Alexandre Chartogne
Winemaker · Chartogne-Taillet
Cristian Rimoldi
Export Director · Champagne Salon
Maxime Hennique
Representative · Dom Pérignon
Hugo Drappier
Eighth-generation family member · Drappier
Alexis Blondel
Deputy Cellar Master · Champagne Fleur de Miraval
Sacha Geoffroy
Winemaker · Champagne Geoffroy
Jean-Baptiste Geoffroy
Winemaker · Champagne Geoffroy
Aurélien Gerbais
Winemaker · Champagne Pierre Gerbais
Tanya Pringsheim-Evans
Regional Sales Director · Henriot
Jean Garandeau
Managing Director · Jacquesson
Olivier Krug
Sixth-generation family director · Krug
Aurélien Laherte
Winemaker · Laherte Frères
Alexandre Lamblot
Winemaker · Champagne A. Lamblot
Hervé Dantan
Cellar Master · Lanson
Arthur Larmandier
Winemaker · Larmandier-Bernier
Edouard Cossy
Global Director of Grand Siècle · Laurent-Perrier
Frédéric Zeimett
General Manager · Champagne Leclerc Briant
Mathilde Margaine
Winemaker · A. Margaine
Dominique Moreau
Founder and Winemaker · Champagne Marie-Courtin
Rose Piollot
Vigneronne, Champagne Piollot · Champagne Marie-Courtin
Benoît Gouez
Cellar Master · Moët & Chandon
Antoine Paillard
Winemaker · Pierre Paillard
Quentin Paillard
Winemaker · Pierre Paillard
Benjamin Fourmon
President & CEO · Champagne Joseph Perrier
Jean-Rémi Barbier
Business Development Manager · Champagne Louis Roederer
Rodolphe Péters
Winemaker · Pierre Peters
Charles Philipponnat
President and CEO · Champagne Philipponnat
François Philipponnat
Export Manager · Champagne Philipponnat
Stéphane Decaux
CEO · Piper-Heidsieck
Marie-Noura Aazizou
Business Development Manager · Rare Champagne
Bastien Collard de Billy
Sixth-generation family member · Pol Roger
Éric Rodez
Winemaker · Champagne Éric Rodez
Frédéric Savart
Winemaker · Champagne Savart
Jean-Marc Sélèque
Winemaker · Champagne Jean-Marc Sélèque
Mélanie Tarlant
Co-Owner · Champagne Tarlant
Laurent Champs
Winemaker · Vilmart & Cie
Thomas Champs
Winemaker · Vilmart & Cie
Featured venues & producers
Pier Sixty
New York City
A. Margaine
Villers-Marmery
Ayala
Aÿ
Bérêche et Fils
Ludes
Billecart-Salmon
Aÿ
Bollinger
Aÿ
Champagne A. Bergère
Épernay
Champagne A. Lamblot
Janvry
Champagne Éric Rodez
Ambonnay
Champagne Fleur de Miraval
Le Mesnil-sur-Oger
Champagne Geoffroy
Aÿ
Champagne Jean-Marc Sélèque
Pierry
Champagne Joseph Perrier
Châlons-en-Champagne
Champagne Leclerc Briant
Épernay
Champagne Louis Roederer
Reims
Champagne Marie-Courtin
Polisot
Champagne Philipponnat
Aÿ
Champagne Pierre Gerbais
Celles-sur-Ource
Champagne Salon
Le Mesnil-sur-Oger
Champagne Savart
Ecueil
Champagne Tarlant
Oeuilly Epernay
Chartogne-Taillet
Merfy
Delamotte
Le Mesnil-sur-Oger
Dom Pérignon
Hautvillers
Drappier
Urville
Famille Moussé
Cuisles
Henriot
Reims
Jacquesson
Dizy
Krug
Reims
La Caravelle
Trou Aux Biches
La Caravelle Champagne
Épernay
Laherte Frères
Chavot-Courcourt
Lanson
Reims
Larmandier-Bernier
Vertus
Laurent-Perrier
Tours-sur-Marne
Louis Roederer
Reims
Moët & Chandon
Épernay
Pierre Paillard
Bouzy
Pierre Peters
Le Mesnil-sur-Oger
Piper-Heidsieck
Reims
Pol Roger
Épernay
Rare Champagne
Reims
Vilmart & Cie
Rilly-la-Montagne